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St. Peters Health Early Childhood Assistant Teacher (ECAT) Infant Room - Pete's Place (1.0 FTE) in Helena, Montana
St. Peter's Health is dedicated to improving childcare accessibility in Helena, Montana with the opening of the Ray Bjork Learning Center starting August 2024!
Hours: Monday-Friday (3pm-5pm)
JOB SUMMARY (overview of job): This position is responsible for supervision of Infants ages 6 weeks up to 24 months and requires flexibility to work in all classrooms based off the needs of the center.
Under general supervision and according to specific procedures, this position assists the Lead Teacher (ECLT) in the responsibility of planning and executing classroom activities, assisting in the maintenance of a safe, healthy and stimulating classroom environment, providing constant supervision of infants at all times including planning time, outside play, mealtime, and nap time. This position Maintains sensitivity to infant’s individuality and responds to those needs appropriately and quickly by guiding the behavior of infants in positive and effective ways. This position maintains the highest level of professionalism at all times. This position encourages experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, and socialization to promote further learning and thinking. This position assists and helps the ECLT prepare the classroom environment and materials to support developmentally appropriate curriculum plans and learning experiences. This position helps in assessing individual and group needs, attending to specific interests, strengths and concerns. This position coordinates with ECLT when indicated, developing a collaborative approach that benefits all infants in classroom. This position monitors for and reports child abuse. This position attends and participates in trainings and appropriate professional development activities. This position attends and participates in meetings. This position engages in ongoing self-assessment about job performance. This position helps and assists with cleaning and sanitizing duties. This position follows State Licensing Regulation, Health Department and Fire Marshal Standards, CACFP requirements and STARS to Quality Standards for our current Level.
Aptitudes: Demonstrates ability to handle multiples tasks and stressors effectively and efficiently. Demonstrates genuine interest and enjoyment of small children and the ability to stay calm in all situations and to respond to children in a quiet, reassuring manner. Demonstrates ability to exercise good judgement and critical thinking skills to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.